So often this word seems to be applied to someone able to make quick and humorous banter. But I would like to focus on the meaning "astuteness of perception or judgment".
I was drawn to suggest this word by the intriguing phrasing in this stanza from a hymn "To show by touch and word" by Fred Kaan
Let love from day to day be yardstick, rule, and norm,
and let our lives portray Your word in human form.
Now come with us that we may have
Your wits about us where we live.
wit
Re: wit
'Have your wits about you' is a common idiom, but the idea of having someone else's wits about you is new to me!Now come with us that we may have
Your wits about us where we live.
We can also say "He didn't have the wit (i.e. intelligence, common sense) to see the solution to the problem".
Re: wit
Indeed, it is not a common phase. That is why it struck me; it is unusual to have a play on words in a hymn. This hymn is essentially a prayer so the "someone else" is God.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver Proverbs 25:11
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